Combined shaving brush and instant lather container



A. F. GOBIN 3,

COMBINED SHAVING BRUSH AND INSTANT LATHER CONTAINER Oct. 5, 1965 FiledDec. 26, 1961 R 7 H ww KW irraF/VE' United States Patent 3,209,769COMBINED SHAVING BRUSH AND INSTANT LATHER CONTAINER Andr F. Gobin, 1716Putnam Ave., Brooklyn 27, NY. Filed Dec. 26, 1961, Ser. No. 162,021 1Claim. (Cl. 13281) My invention is directed toward shaving implements ofthe type wherein a shaving brush and a container of shaving cream orlather are integrally or detachably secured to each other.

It is an object of my invention to provide a new type of shavingimplement of the character indicated.

Another object of my invention is to provide a new type of shavingimplement of the character indicated in which a shaving brush and acontainer of instant shaving lather are atfixed together to form anintegral unit.

Still another object of my invention is to provide a new type of shavingimplement of the character indicated in which a shaving brush and acontainer of instant shaving lather are detachably secured together.

All of the foregoing and still further objects and advantages of myinvention will either be explained or will become apparent from a studyof the following specification, taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawings, wherein:

FIGURE 1 is a side view of the invention;

FIGURE 2 is an enlarged cross sectional view taken along the line 22 inFIGURE 1;

FIGURE 3 shows a modified form of the invention; and

FIGURE 4 is a top plan view of FIG. 1 of the invention.

Referring now to FIGURES 1 and 2, there is shown a container of instantshaving lather 10. Provided at the upper end of the container is a cap11 having a central opening 11 in the top thereof. A valve unit 12including a diaphragm valve for controlling the passage of shavinglather from the container through the opening 11 in the cap is mountedin the cap and at top of container 10. A hollow metal tube 14 extendsbetween the top of valve 12 and an interior region of a shaving brush16. As shown in FIGURES 2 and 4, it will be seen that the bristles ofbrush 16 made of bristle hair or nylon, are arranged in the holder 20 toprovide an axial cylindrical opening 17 that extends from the end of thebristles within the holder to the outermost end of the bristles. It isto be noted that the holder 20 is cup-shaped to provide a bottom, andthat the spreader ring 18 is spaced from the bottom of the holder 20. Ametal spreader 18 is fused or pressed over tube 14, the spreader 18being in the form of an annular ring that completely bridges the annularspace between the delivery tube 14 and the cylindrical wall of bristlesas defined by the cylindrical opening 17, as clearly shown in FIGURE 2;the spreader ring 18 being located on the delivery tube 14 so as to liewholly within the confines of the holder 20. The function of thespreader ring 18 is to prevent inward collapsing of the bristles of thebrush thereby permit the easy flow of the shaving cream of lather to theoutward end of the shaving brush.

Brush 16 is secured within a holder 20 (which can be a plastic orrubberized material) by sealing Wax or its equivalent. A rubber washer22 is pressed into holder 20.

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The lower end portion of tube 14, see FIG. 3, projects below the holder20 which in the connection of the holder with the container 10 extendsthrough the central opening 11 in the cap 11, see FIG. 2, with itsterminal end initially lying adjacent to the diaphragm valve. To providethe brush 16 with lather, the holder 20 is pushed downwardly so that theterminal end of the tube 14 will engage and deflect the diaphragm valveto permit the discharge of lather into tube 14 to thereby charge brush16 with such lather. After the brush is charged, brush 16, tube 14 andholder 20 are removed from the container 10 (automatically closing valve12), and the charged brush can be used for shaving as shown in FIGURE 3.

Alternatively, the entire arrangement of FIGURES 1 and 2 can beintegral, which case, the user holds both the container 10 and theholder 20 while applying lather to his face.

The container shown in the figures does not have its own supply tube.Certain containers have a supply tube which extends out of the containerend. In this case, the tube 14 is entered into the extended containertube with a rocking side-to-side motion, thus allowing the brush to becharged with lather. When the brush is fully charged, the rocking motionis stopped, and tube 14, brush 16 and holder 20, can be removed in themanner described above.

While my invention has been described with particular reference to theconstruction shown in the drawings, it is to be understood that such isnot to be construed as imparting limitations upon the invention which isbest defined by the claim appended hereto.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

A shaving cream dispenser and applicator comprising:

(a) a container for storing shaving cream under pressure having anoutlet opening;

(b) a cap secured to said container having a central aperture in axialregistry with said outlet opening;

(c) a flexible diaphragm valve between said cap and outlet openingnormally closed to prevent the passage of shaving cream from said outletopening into said central aperture for discharge therethrough;

(d) a removable cup-shaped brush holder having brush bristles extendingtherefrom arranged to provide an axial cylindrical opening extending thefull length of said bristles from end to end;

(e) a shaving cream delivery tube of a diameter less than saidcylindrical opening positioned axially within said brush holder havingone end portion projecting from the bottom thereof and the other endportion extending axially through the cylindrical opening of the brushbristles;

(i) an annular rigid spreader ring fixedly secured to said delivery tubeand positioned within the confines of said holder in spaced relation tothe bottom thereof and completely bridging the annular space betweensaid delivery tube and the wall of said cylindrical opening as definedby said bristles, to prevent inward collapsing of said brush bristles;

(g) said brush holder formed to have mating engagement with said cap andwhen seated thereon the projecting end of the delivery tube will extendthrough the cap aperture with its terminal end in juxtaposition to saiddiaphragm valve, whereby on 3,209,769 3 4 the application of axialpressure to said brush holder 2,764,772 10/56 Staskowski et a1. 132-81the projecting end of the delivery tube will engage 2,806,238 9/57Wisey. said diaphragm valve to flex the same inwardly so 2,849,737 9/ 58Piccinini et al. as to open the same and permit the flow of a charge2,897,526 8/59 Dootson. of shaving cream into said delivery tube fordis- 5 2,913,749 11/59 Ayres 222394 charge into the cylindrical openingin the brush bristles, said diaphragm valve closing when said brushFOREIGN liArrENTs holder is removed from said container. 210,843 2/24Great Bntaln- 819,682 7/37 France.

References Cited by the Examiner 10 84,796 11/35 Sweden.

UNITED STfHES PATENTS RICHARD A. GAUDET, Primary Examiner.

Mernck Examiner- 2,756,908 7/56 Miller 222394

